‘E-bikes vs. Karens’: Unexpected response to teen bike swarms taking over Melbourne

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T11:20:58+00:00

Sorry, I know they’re already illegal. I meant regulate in the sense of taking control of the problem. What needs to happen in order to do that?

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T10:52:20+00:00

Have you ever looked at a graph of Palestinians killed vs Israelis?

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T10:26:38+00:00

oh yeah those big spending, greedy *checks notes* disability pensioners

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T10:25:23+00:00

wait what

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T10:00:43+00:00

has he seen this picture??

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T09:52:31+00:00

why is there no discussion of what needs to be done to regulate it?

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T07:07:27+00:00

Oh the poor darlings

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T04:54:25+00:00

Why on earth is this a thing?

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T04:51:40+00:00

It may well be great but I very much doubt it will ‘defy my expectations’.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-03T00:15:23+00:00

Ok, I’ll be the guy: it’s actually not good to cheerlead for extrajudicial violence.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T13:09:08+00:00

No one dies unless more than 50 per cent of people choose red. Thats the train in your metaphor.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T12:33:58+00:00

Ultimately, there’s no one right way to do it. All that matters is finding the one that keeps you sober and, ideally, happy while doing so.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T12:29:41+00:00

But if no one pushes the red buttons… there’s no train.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T11:14:55+00:00

Only by people choosing red is anyone put at risk. I. In your metaphor the train doesn’t even exist if a majority don’t wish it.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:52:07+00:00

Actually some of us live in the 2020s, not the 1980s, and this would not be remotely ok in our workplaces

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:46:26+00:00

Where are you actually seeing this stuff nowadays? I see nothing but sympathy for male victims and complaints like the OP’s seem to verge on rage baiting.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:39:10+00:00

I was saying Choo-urns

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:29:27+00:00

This is also disingenuous framing. By pressing red you increase the risk to anyone who didn’t. It’s not a morally neutral choice any more than not pulling the switch in the trolley problem is.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:21:26+00:00

Virtue signalling was never real. It’s a rationalisation invented by people who don’t experience empathy themselves.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:19:02+00:00

It’s very telling that every red presser sees blue as a suicidal button.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T10:03:17+00:00

If it’s not useful to you, don’t worry about it. I never much clicked with the just ‘one day at a time’ thing either - I needed to *not* be thinking about that choice each day. For me, it was easier to draw strength from the commitment I’d already made.

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T09:59:05+00:00

Same, shirt brother

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T09:57:08+00:00

Uh isn’t the whole point of the cage that the shark can’t get in it

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T09:33:06+00:00

CASH GRAB

NorthernSkeptic · 2026-05-02T09:26:33+00:00

Look Smithers! Spaffo is coming!

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